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Guild advances women
Wednesday | May 1 2019MORE than 100 women in pharmacy are to benefit from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch's education and networking opportunities, funded by the Queensland Government's Advancing Women in Business Initiative.
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Aussies health literacy high
Tuesday | Apr 30 2019MOST Australians believe they have a good enough understanding of their healthcare needs to engage with healthcare professionals easily, the National Health Survey: Health Literacy, 2018 reveals.
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Early flu season concerns
Tuesday | Apr 30 2019CURRENT levels of influenza activity are comparable to the peak of last year's flu season, according to Alfred Health Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Director of the Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology unit, Professor Allen Cheng.
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Blooms $550k Make-A-Wish
Tuesday | Apr 30 2019BLOOMS The Chemist has raised more than $550,000 for children's charity, Make-A-Wish Australia, in the last two years.
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SafeScript patient benefits
Monday | Apr 29 2019VICTORIA'S real-time prescription monitoring system, SafeScript, is offering pharmacists the opportunity to engage with patients who may be at risk of harm, Chronic Pain Australia President, Jarrod McMaugh says.
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Pharmacists vital for EMM
Monday | Apr 29 2019EMERGENCY Medicine pharmacists have a critical role in preventing errors at the prescribing stage, even when the hospital is using electronic medicines management (EMM), according to an article in the latest issue of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia's Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR).
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More pollies join jab brigade
Monday | Apr 29 2019POLITICIANS of all persuasions have been protecting themselves against the flu by having an immunisation at their local community pharmacy this season.
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S4 codeine supply slump
Friday | Apr 26 2019LAST year's up-scheduling of codeine medications to prescription-only (Schedule 4) has resulted in a significant decrease in the amount of codeine supplied to Australian patients, according to new figures released by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
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Adele sticks it to Senator
Friday | Apr 26 2019NSW Pharmacy Guild Branch Committee member and pharmacy owner, Adele Tahan, administered a flu vaccination to NSW Senator Kristina Keneally yesterday.
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Duckett plots PBS savings
Friday | Apr 26 2019PHARMACY ownership rules need to be reformed to cut red tape and reduce Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) costs, Grattan Institute Health Program Director, Stephen Duckett, believes.